Against the Play
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Two ruined summers. One empty campus. The ultimate forbidden line.
Stranded on an empty college campus while their partners head to a summer by the coast, a homesick Aussie fighting for her student visa and an injured star athlete fighting for his career form a reluctant alliance.
The summer was ruined the moment they were left behind. But by the time the heatwave breaks, they might just ruin everything else.
Welcome to The Crossed Routes Duology, a two-book series that follows one summer through the eyes of two different couples. While Against the Play tells Bastian and Marley's story, With the Run follows Kade and Dahlia's journey. Although each novel stands on its own, reading both reveals the bigger picture of a summer that changed all four lives.
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